G/MA/QR/N/KGZ/1/Add. 23 
 
9 March  2023 
(23-1757) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Market Access  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO THE DECISION ON NOTIFICATION  PROCEDURE S 
FOR QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS (G/L/59/REV.1)  
KYRGYZ REPUBLIC  
Addendum  
The following communication, dated 6 March 2023 , is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the Kyrgyz Republic . 
 
A. Notifying Member :  Kyrgyz Republic  
B. Date of notification :  6 March  2023 
C. First time notification:  
 Yes 
 No, last notification was made in (doc. symbol ): G/MA/QR/N/KGZ/1/Add. 22 
D. Type of notification:  
 1. Complete (i.e. notification of all quantitative restrictions in force ) 
 2. Changes to a notification previously made in  G/MA/QR/N/KGZ/1 which are of the 
following nature : 
  2.1 Introduction of new restrictions, as listed in Section 1. 
  2.2 Elimination of restrictions, as described in G below . 
  2.3 Modification of a previously notified restriction, as described in Section 1. 
 3. Reverse notification of restric tions maintained by (Member ):  
E. The notification provides information for the follo wing biennial period 
(e.g.  2012 -2014): 2022-2024 and relates to restrictions in force as of 6 March  2023 
F. This notification con tains information* relating to:  
 Section  1: List of quantitative restrictions that are currently in force . 
 Section  2: Cross -reference to other WTO notifications with information on quantitative 
restrictions that are currently in force and additional information . 
G. Comments of a general nature, including a description of the elimination of 
restrictions notified under D.2.2 and the date they ceased to be in force.  
 
 
* In English  only.  
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- 2 - Section 1: List of quantitative restrictions that are currently in force  
 
QR 
No. General 
description of 
the restriction  Type of 
restriction  
 Tariff line code(s) 
affected, based  
on HS (2022)  Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification and 
Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other International 
Commitments  National legal 
basis and entry 
into force  
 Administration, modify  
cation of previously notified 
measures,  
and other comments  
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
1 Temporary 
export 
prohibition of 
paper or 
paperboard  P-X 4707 Recovered (waste and 
scrap) paper or 
paperboard  GATT Article XI:( 2) (a) Decree of 
Government of the 
Kyrgyz Republic 
#103  dated 
28.02.2023. 
 
Entered into force 
on the 3rd of  March  
2022 for a period of 
6 months.  In accordance with the Decree of the 
Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz 
Republic #103 dated 28.02.2023 , the 
export of paper or paperboard outside 
the customs territory of the Eurasian 
Economic Union  is temporarily 
prohibited.  
 
The decree comes into force on the date 
of its publication (was published on 3 
March  2023). 
 
The previous measure on the export 
prohibition of paper or paperboard 
submitted in notification 
G/MA/QRK/N/KGZ/17 in accordance 
with the Decree #426 dated 01.08.2022 
is no longer in force.  
2 Temporary 
export 
prohibition of  
certain  used 
catalysts and 
certain types of  
precious  scrap 
metals  P-X ex2620  
 
 
 
 
 
 
ex3815 
 
 
ex7112 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ex8708 92  Slag, ash and residues 
containing metals in 
catalysts, suitable only for 
metal extraction or for the 
production of chemical 
reagents  
 
Used catalysts, applied on 
carriers  
 
Waste and scrap of 
palladium, rhodium and 
platinum contained in 
catalysts used mainly for 
the recovery of precious 
metals  
 
Mufflers and exhaust pipes 
and their parts in catalysts  GATT Article XI:( 2) (a) 
 Decree of 
Government of the 
Kyrgyz Republic 
#105, dated 
28.02.2023 
 
Entered into force 
on the 18 of March 
2023 for a period of 
6 months.  In accordance with Decree of the 
Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz 
Republic # 105, dated 28.02.2023, the 
export  is temporary  prohibited  for used 
catalysts outside the customs territory 
of the Eurasian Economic Union .  
 
The abovementioned decree comes into 
force after 15 days since publication 
(was published on the 3rd of  
March  2022).  
 
The previous measure on the export 
prohibition of certain used catalysts and 
certain types of precious scrap metals 
submitted in notification 
G/MA/QRK/N/KGZ/17 in accordance 
with the Decree #431 dated 01.08.2022 
is no longer in force.   
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__________  QR 
No. General 
description of 
the restriction  Type of 
restriction  
 Tariff line code(s) 
affected, based  
on HS (2022)  Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification and 
Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other International 
Commitments  National legal 
basis and entry 
into force  
 Administration, modify  
cation of previously notified 
measures,  
and other comments  
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
3 Temporary 
export 
prohibition of 
marble  and 
travertine  P-X 2515 11 000 0  
 
 
2515 12 000 0  Marble and travertine, 
crude or roughly trimmed  
 
Marble and travertine, 
merely cut, by sawing or 
otherwise, into blocks or 
slabs of a square or 
rectangular shape  GATT Article XI:( 2) (a) Decree of 
Government of the 
Kyrgyz Republic 
#104, dated 
28.02.2023  
 
Enters into force on 
the 18th of March 
2023 for a period of 
6 months.  In accordance with the Decree of the 
Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz 
Republic # 104, dated 28.02.2023, the 
export of marble and travertine outside 
the customs territory of the Eurasian 
Economic Union is temporarily 
prohibited.  
 
The abovementioned decree comes into 
force after 15 days since its publication 
(was published on 3 March  2023). 
 
The p revious measure on the export 
prohibition of marble and travertine 
submitted in notification  
       G/MA/QRK/N/KGZ/17 in accordance 
with the Decree #430 dated 01.08.2022 
is no longer in force.